September 20, 2024

With help of federal money to stimulate economy, the flowery Jewel Box opened in Forest Park on Nov. 14, 1936

 With help of federal money to stimulate economy, the flowery Jewel Box opened in Forest Park on Nov. 14, 1936

ST. LOUIS Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann stood amid 3,500 chrysanthemums that splashed the bright room with colors from pure white to dark crimson. Rising 50 feet above him was a towering new structure of…